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Why Therapists Recommend Flourish as a Therapy Companion App

Learn why therapists and counselors recommend Flourish to help clients stay grounded, practice skills, and build emotional awareness between sessions.

Dr. Xuan Zhao
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Therapists everywhere are seeing the same challenges:

Clients forget skills in the moment. They lose momentum between sessions. They need support on days the therapist isn’t available. And waitlists keep getting longer.

That’s why more and more clinicians are recommending Flourish — not as a replacement for therapy, but as a gentle, scientifically validated tool that helps clients stay grounded, reflective, and emotionally connected to their progress, and learn and practice useful coping strategies along the journey. All in a gentle, caring, engaging, rewarding user experience.

💬 Thank you for this free app. As a social worker, I like giving this as an additional resource for my clients. I often hear that the advice given by Flourish reinforces the advice I give. Thank you for giving me a fabulous resource to share with my clients.” — Dorothy, LCSW

💬 Flourish represents exactly the kind of accessible and evidence-based solution the field urgently needs. — Emily, licensed clinical psychologist

💬 “As a therapist, I was skeptical at first… but the skills are solid. Great companion resource.” — Jasper, LCSW

Why Therapists See Value in Flourish

1. It helps clients build continuity between sessions

Instead of trying to recall their week all at once, clients capture insights as they happen:

  • mood shifts
  • emotional triggers
  • wins
  • hard moments
  • reflections

This gives therapy sessions more clarity and depth.

2. It reinforces therapeutic skills gently

Clients often forget grounding or reframing skills during stress.

Flourish brings them:

  • breathing techniques
  • grounding tools
  • reframing prompts
  • self-compassion exercises
  • tiny habits for resilience

It supports emotion regulation in a warm, low-pressure way.

3. It provides accountability without shame

Therapists worry that homework can feel like pressure.

Flourish offers gentle nudges — the kind that feel like encouragement, not expectation.

4. It helps clients process emotions after tough sessions

When a session opens something vulnerable, Flourish becomes a soft landing space.

5. It improves outcomes without adding work for therapists

Therapists don’t have to monitor anything.
Clients use the app on their own time.

Flourish helps clients:

  • regulate emotions
  • reflect more deeply
  • practice skills
  • arrive prepared
  • reduce crisis episodes

All of this makes therapy more productive — without extra clinician burden.

💬 “My therapist recommended Flourish when she went on vacation.” — User interview

A Gentle Tool Built With Care

Flourish was created by psychologists and well-being researchers, including Stanford-trained experts, with the goal of giving people a safe, compassionate space to reflect between sessions. Therapists appreciate that it’s grounded in real science, and its scientific validation — including findings from a Harvard-led study — has helped many clinicians feel confident recommending it as a supportive, evidence-based companion to therapy.

A Supportive Partner in Today’s Therapy Landscape

Flourish is already being recommended organically by therapists, school counselors, and mental health coaches. It offers a compassionate extension of the therapeutic process — a steady companion for the days between appointments.

Therapy doesn’t only happen in the room. With Flourish, the support continues in the moments life keeps unfolding.

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